BitMart Gives US Users Days to Withdraw Crypto
The short window turns a compliance decision into a custody risk and revives 2022-era concerns about exchange access.
BitMart Gives US Users Days to Withdraw Crypto
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Compliance frameworks — AML, KYC, market structure, licensing regimes, and custody rules.
CryptoSlate
Payward Enables Proxy Voting for Eligible xStocks Investors
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Payward Enables Proxy Voting for Eligible xStocks Investors
For RWA markets, the shift makes governance participation part of the tokenized-equity proposition, not just price exposure.
TheBlock
Truth Social to Charge $1.2M/Year for Trump-Fed Institutional API
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Truth Social to Charge $1.2M/Year for Trump-Fed Institutional API
The subscription is sold as premium market data, but the vendor is a company the president beneficially owns and the source is a serving president's social account, putting the ethical cost above the…
Louisiana grants crypto ATM users right to full refund
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Louisiana grants crypto ATM users right to full refund
The law forces unlicensed operators to make victims whole, reframing the Bitcoin ATM from a quick-cash kiosk into a regulated money-transmission product.
Tether posts $1.5B Q2 profit as reserves halve to $4.1B
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Tether posts $1.5B Q2 profit as reserves halve to $4.1B
Tether keeps printing record operating profits while the equity cushion that backstops USDT shrinks, leaving $4.1B against $183.6B of liabilities and a treasury now heavy in gold and BTC.
CoinDesk
Tether reserves halve to $4B as Q2 profit drops to $1.5B
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Tether reserves halve to $4B as Q2 profit drops to $1.5B
The reserve drawdown and the profit cooldown are linked: Tether's BTC and gold positions have cooled as the same assets that fueled last year's record earnings drag on this year's mark-to-market.
Dogecoin treasury firm borrows $1.4M at 10.7% in stock
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Dogecoin treasury firm borrows $1.4M at 10.7% in stock
The CleanCore shares pledged as collateral on this loan are already committed to a separate financing, so the promised repayment is effectively double-pledged stock.
Tether Q2 profit hits $1.5B as gold reserves top 146 tons
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Tether Q2 profit hits $1.5B as gold reserves top 146 tons
The profit print alone would be a beat, but the gold buildout is the structural signal: Tether is now one of the largest private holders of physical bullion on the planet.
CoinTelegraph
Circle Secures NY Trust Charter to Offer USDC Custody Services
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Circle Secures NY Trust Charter to Offer USDC Custody Services
The NYDFS authorization lets Circle wrap fiduciary and custody around USDC at the same time it holds an OCC national trust bank approval, a dual US regulatory footprint few stablecoin issuers can…
Circle wins NYDFS trust charter, boosting USDC's institutional standing
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Circle wins NYDFS trust charter, boosting USDC's institutional standing
A BitLicense predecessor that predates the state's crypto licensing regime gives Circle the same USDC-custody standing as a regulated US trust, a structural edge in institutional dollar stablecoin…
Ripple Secures Full MiCA Authorization Across EU as Fed Caps XRP
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Ripple Secures Full MiCA Authorization Across EU as Fed Caps XRP
MiCA unlocks the bloc for Ripple's institutional products, but Fed Chair Warsh's reminder that bond markets are doing the Fed's job is keeping risk assets, including XRP, pinned near $1.10.
Crypto News
Adam Back's 30K BTC treasury deal loses funding backing
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Adam Back's 30K BTC treasury deal loses funding backing
The $32M private placement backing Blockstream co-founder Adam Back's 30,021 BTC Bitcoin treasury SPAC has lapsed, with Cantor and BSTR now negotiating revised terms on a bare demand test.
Stablecoin Reserve Requirements: What Crypto Investors Must Know
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Stablecoin Reserve Requirements: What Crypto Investors Must Know
What stablecoin issuers must hold in backing assets, how the rules vary across jurisdictions, and why the composition of reserves now drives crypto market plumbing as much as the tokens themselves.
Perpification: How Perpetuals Are Reshaping Global Finance
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Perpification: How Perpetuals Are Reshaping Global Finance
Hyperliquid ran SpaceX at launch, CME shrank oil contracts for 24/7 retail access, and the CFTC opened a 67-question docket on perpetual crude.
Clarity Act ethics compromise sent to White House by Tillis, Gallego
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Clarity Act ethics compromise sent to White House by Tillis, Gallego
The bill still lacks the 60 votes it needs before the Aug. 7 recess, leaving the bipartisan market-structure push on a tight clock.
Clarity Act stalls in Congress as crypto industry infighting kills 2025 bill
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Clarity Act stalls in Congress as crypto industry infighting kills 2025 bill
Senate Majority Leader Thune has conceded the bill will not pass before September, freezing US crypto market structure legislation through election season and exposing a deeper industry split over…
Citi slashes Coinbase price target to $235 from $400
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Citi slashes Coinbase price target to $235 from $400
A 41% cut in one session signals how far the sell-side bar has moved on COIN, with Q2 earnings due and the diversification thesis now under formal pressure.
Binance.US to File CFTC License in August for Prediction Markets
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Binance.US to File CFTC License in August for Prediction Markets
If granted, the designated contract market license would let Binance.US list its own event contracts in the US, putting it in direct competition with regulated venues and brokers racing to own the…
BinanceUS Seeks CFTC License for Prediction Markets, Perpetuals
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BinanceUS Seeks CFTC License for Prediction Markets, Perpetuals
The venue is aiming for a Designated Contract Market designation, the same regulatory lane that runs CME's event contracts, putting it in line with US-regulated peers rather than offshore perpetuals.
Cardano Foundation Links With Reef Data for On-Chain Royalty
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Cardano Foundation Links With Reef Data for On-Chain Royalty
The architecture maps cleanly onto the EDPB's July 7 blockchain guidance, but the on-device anonymization claim still has to clear the pseudonymization bar, and the payout math works out to coffee…